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Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Best way of persuading people that they actually do like beetroot that I know is to shove some into brownies, or a cake! As for overly chilli-hot food - a squeeze of lemon juice can help to take the …6 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Doesn't sound like a cop out to me, sounds like a perfectly reasonable tea! I had a microwaved baked spud with a dollop of quark and a handful of rocket - in effort terms you could describe it a…6 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Hi kayannie - unfortunately not ☹️ Although to be fair, I've not made a beetroot soup - I've only ever tried to get them to eat eg shredded beetroot, or diced beetroot - in a salad, or I th…6 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
You're right redo - those variety of potatoes are the ones most often in a supermercado 'white potato' 2.5kg bags, and I agree, not always the most flavoursome of tatties. I think LG d…6 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Really! Gosh, I wouldn't have thought that would have made the cut ........ 😬 But then the carri on film franchise still seems to air, with remarkable regularity, so........ Greying X5 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
On the Buses was a favourite in our house when I was a child. It's certainly of an era but it made us laugh. "I hate you Butler" 🤣5 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
I've actually got a pin on my jacket that says "somewhat sweary, remarkably articulate" that Mr Sl bought me for my birthday, and is worn with pride8 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
Hello M'dears, A bit of sunshine here....would have been nice to do a little bit in the garden but I didn't want to risk not hearing the door if the scaffolders knock....though theoreticall…8 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
There are many days I wish we could kick B-tea to the curb, but unfortunately because of their business grade ISP, I don't have a choice if I want to work from home! Ho-hum - a small price to pa…5 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
We were very pleased to kick bee-tea into touch a few years ago. We were very surprised at how frequently billing errors were made by such a big company. Obviously the errors involved us paying more …5
